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STRAW STAGKING MACHINE.

no Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 2 G. W. WILLIAMSON. STRAW STAOKING MAGHINE. No; 274,640. Patented Ma.1*.27,1883.

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GEURGE ,VILLIAMSQN, OE NEWV ROSS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE W. WILLIAMSON, SR, OF SAME PLACE.

STRAW-STACKlNG MACH 1 N E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,540, dated March 27, 1883.

7 Application filed January 10, 1883. (No model.)

' tion with athrashing-machine; andthe objects of my improvements are, first, to dispense with the derrick or the like common to all machines; secondly, to distribute the straw on and around stack to a better advantage than heretofore;

thirdly, to dispense with a turn-table and all cog-wheels; fourthly, to make a simpler running-gear, one less liable to get out of order,

and one more easily repaired when broken;

fifthly, to facilitate transportation. l attain 2 these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of the machine ready for operation. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the machine folded, ready for transportation.

2 Fig.3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the entire machine. Fig. 4 is-a vertical cross-section on line a: re of Fig. 3.

The same, letters of reference refer to the same or corresponding parts throughout the 3:: several views.

The tongue-hound A is provided with socket in to receive counter-balance f of lever F when the machine is folded ready for transportation. Hounds A are hinged to axle B. To axle B is secured bearing 0, through which passes lower part of standard (J. Shoulder B forms part of axle B, and has a socket-plate, E, through which passes standard 0, and on which standard 0 is operated. PlateE hasan 4.0 eye, 8, to receive one end of brace 12 during the operation of the machine. The other end of brace e is hinged to hounds A. Standard 0 has a shoulder, 1 with a groove on' under side to receive antifriction balls, said balls 5 operating on socket-plate E of shoulder B. In lower part of standard 0 is bore 0, in which spindle D operates sprocket-wheels d and d. To standard 0 is pivoted lever H, on which are idlers k h, rod 1:, spring I, and books or pins are secured arms o 'v.

n n. By lever H standard 0 is turned, and with it the straw-stacker, in any direction desired without stopping the machine. Lever F, with connter-balancefi tiesf and f, is pivoted to standard 0, and is held in the position desired by ratchet'lever c, hooked on tie f. Lever c is pivoted to T-beariug G. T bear .ing' G is bolted to standard 0. Carrier-frame S is pivoted to Theariug G, and is formed of two leaves,s and s, hinged together. Carrierframe S is raised and lowered by lever F, in conjunction with post '1. Arms t t of post T are pivoted to leafs of carrier-frame S, and itis held in the position desired by hook t or socket t of post '1, resting on tie of lever F. To leaf 3 of carrier-frame S are secured the Endless chain J is operated by sprocket-wheel cl on spindle D in standard 0, idlers h It on lever H, idlers 72. h on leaf 8 of carrier-frame S, and sprocket-wheel R on shaft U, which operates belts and slats of straw- 7o carrier. To the -endof leaf 8 of carrier-frame S Arched lever V is pivoted to arms 1: v, and is operated by and held in any desired position by ropes l l and hooks or pins n n on lever H. To arched lever V is 7 5 pivoted the telescopic distributer W, with extension 20. Distributor W is operated and held in any desired position by ropes Z Z and books or pins n n on lever H. Endless chain K is run by a sprocket-wheel on the thrashing machine, and operates sprocket-wheels d and d on spindle D in bore not" standard 0. Sprocket-Wheel cl operates straw-carrier on shaft U by endless chain J. Said chain passes around sprocket-wheel d on spindle D, idlers h It on lever H, idlers h h on leaf .9 of carrier-frame S, and sprocket-wheel Ron shaft U. Said shaft operates the straw-carrier. The standard 0 turns on anti-friction balls, which operate between socket-plate E on shoulder 13 and in go groove on under side of shoulder (Z on stand ard 0. Standard 0 is held in its proper position by its lower end passing throngh socketplate E on shoulder B and through bearing 0 on axle B, in conjunction with spindle D, 9 5 sprocket-wheels d and d in chamber 0 ofstandard G, Arched lever V is'operated by ropes Z l to throw its lower end either close to the machine or'out from the machine, and the telescopic distributer is operated by ropes Z 1, so that the straw can be received at the top of the distributer and thrown to the outside of the pile; or distributer can be reversed and the straw thrown to inside of thepile near the machine; or the distributer can be thrown free from the machine, hanging perpendicularly, and the straw from the carrier discharged on the top of the pile. When machine begins to discharge the straw the extension to in dis tributer W is drawn out to throw straw as far from the machine as possible in any direction desired; but as the pile of straw increases and the extension to interferes with the operating ofthe distributer, the extension to is telescoped into distributer W The lever H is pivoted to standard 0, and is kept in its proper position with endless chain J, stretched tight over the sprocket-wheels and idlers by springl on rodt'. To prepare the machine for transportation, leaf .9 0t carrier-frame S is folded over upon leaf 8 of carrier-frame S. The distributer W is folded on top of leaf .9, ratchet on lever c is removed from tief of counter-balance F, and socket t is raised from tie f of counter-balance F. Carrier-frame S is then lowered, with hook t resting on tie f of counter-balance F, brace e is removed from eye a on socket-plate E, and machine lowered onto tonguehounds A, with weightf of lever F resting in socket m on tongue-hounds A. The machineis then ready for transportation, as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The combination, in a straw-stacking machine, of axle B, tongue -hound A, hinged thereto, socket m, brace e, bearings c c, and

B, socket-plate E, and eye 0, as described and specified. I

2. The combination, in a straw-stacking machine, of axle B, bearings c and B, socketplate E, eye 6, standard 0, T bearing G, and carrier-frame S, as described and specified.

3. The combinatiomin a straw-stackingmachine, 0t axle B, bearings c and B, socketplate E, shoulder 61 and anti-friction sustainingrollers, as described and specified.

4. In a straw-stacking machine, the combination of endless chain K, spindle D, sprocketwheels (Z and d, tubular standard 0, lever H, idlers h h,'rod 1', spring I, idlers h h, carrieri'rame S, sprocket-wheel 1t, shaft- U, and endless chain J, as described, and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination in a straw-stacking machine, of standard O,"-lever F, counter-weight f, tiesf and f ratchet-lever c, carrier-frame S, post T, with arms t 15, book t, and socket t as shown and specified.

6. In a straw-stacking machine, the combii nation of carrier-frame S, arms 11 v, arched lever V, ropes l l, distributer V, ropes l L, and

lever H, provided with hooks or pins n n, as

described and specified.

7. The combination, with distributer W, in

a straw-stacking machine, of extension w, as

described, and for the purpose specified.

Intestimonywhereof I have signed myname to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE WARREN WILLIAMSON. 

